The AIM Institute for Learning & Research® is making literacy a priority across our communities providing professional training, partnering with researchers to put evidence-based best practices in the field of literacy to work.

At AIM, we form strategic partnerships to transform schools by connecting top researchers and practitioners with educators in the field to develop powerful new learning approaches and make them part of teachers' best practices.

From Wilson Language Training® opportunities to programs in other research-based methodologies, content in every professional development program AIM offers aligns with current best practices and is based on the most up-to-date research. Offerings—both on-site and online—constantly evolve to incorporate new findings.

More than 6,000 professionals and parents have participated in AIM Institute programming and access to experts opportunities. Our content and programming resources reflect the expertise of world-renowned researchers and experts in the field of early literacy and learning differences

IGNITE Center

The goal of the I.G.N.I.T.E. Center at AIM (Implementing Global Neuroscience in Technology and Education) is to:

help accelerate learning through deeper understanding of what works for whom by engaging teachers and students in applied research

provide AIM Upper School students with the opportunity to be involved directly in this research as IGNITE Center Student Research Fellows work side-by-side with top researchers around the world.

As the first education partner with the Haskins Global L2 (Language & Literacy) Innovation Hub, AIM works with researchers to take on the challenge of accelerating learning for all children. Our first I.G.N.I.T.E. Center study with Haskins Laboratories researchers, titled Predicting Literacy Outcomes in Schools, was approved in late 2018 and got underway in January 2019 with study participants in all program levels of AIM Academy and Upper School students meeting researchers and exploring opportunities to become research fellows on this and future IGNITE Center projects.

News

Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated research institute based in New Haven, Conn., has launched a new collaboration in its efforts to improve language and literacy outcomes for children at risk for reading difficulties worldwide. Haskins has identified AIM Academy, a grade 1-12 school for children with language-based learning disabilities, and the AIM Institute for Learning & Research, as its first education partner. Through the collaboration with AIM, Haskins will work with educational researchers, service providers, and academic leaders to translate the growing body of research in the science of reading and language into early identification of and best practices in treating language-based reading problems.

The AIM Institute for Learning & Research® was created as a center for educational excellence and professional development disseminating to educators the latest research, technology, and best practices in the fields of literacy and language-based learning disabilities including dyslexia. AIM, with its AIM Institute and AIM Academy, a coeducational, independent school located just outside of Philadelphia dedicated to providing extraordinary educational opportunities to children in grades 1-12 with language-based learning disabilities, is an education partner in the Haskins Global L2 (Language & Literacy) Innovation Hub with Haskins Laboratories, formally affiliated with University of Connecticut and Yale University. AIM is leading the way in evidence-based strategies for student success and empowers teachers with evidence-based knowledge and practice so that they can achieve the best outcomes for students.